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Microsoft于2004年3月22日发布了MapPoint位置服务器产品(MapPoint Location Server,简称MLS)。据称,这种新的服务器软件产品能使企业显著改进其定位、跟踪、管理移动设备和移动工作人员的方式。MLS使移动运营商的实时位置数据与MapPoint Web服务的图示能力相结合变得轻而易举,它标志着基于位置服务(LBS)的一大进步。Microsoft MapPoint经营部门总理Michael Graff说:“大大小小的企业急于开始把实时位置信息融合进他们的实时应用中,并要求用实时信息能力装备MapPoint Web服务,而MLS能满足这一要求,并使MapPoint比地理信息系统(GIS)等应用更具优势。”MLS究竟是什么?它有哪些优点?它能做些什么?
Microsoft released the MapPoint Location Server (MLS) on March 22, 2004. Allegedly, this new server software product enables businesses to significantly improve the way they locate, track, manage mobile devices and move staff. MLS makes it easy for mobile operators to combine real-time location data with the graphical capabilities of MapPoint Web Services, marking a major advance for Location-Based Services (LBS). Michael Graff, Microsoft MapPoint’s managing director, said: “Businesses of all sizes are eager to start integrating real-time location information into their real-time applications and require that MapPoint Web Services be equipped with real-time information capabilities that MLS can meet MapPoint has advantages over applications like Geographic Information Systems (GIS). ”What exactly is an MLS? What are its advantages? What can it do?